Playground at Island Home

When Island Home Baptist Church asked its members for donations to build a play-ground, Paislee Scott, age 9, took the request to heart. She donated her Easter Egg prize money.

She sent the money with a note: “If you need more, just ask me. Love, Paislee Scott.”

Her reason for giving: “Be-cause kids need to get out and play and have some fun.”

➤ Read Kelly Norrell on page 7

Quilting sisters“After a while, you run out

of people to give them to,” says Lynn Sykes. “I mean, my daughter has 30 quilts now between the ones I’ve given her and Mom’s given her and that she’s made herself.

“You can only put so many quilts on a bed or give so many away.”

Learn about the quilting Sykes sisters and the upcoming Smoky Mountain Quilt Show.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle on page 3

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BUZZ

By Libby MorganUnion County will shut down

Main Street this Saturday to cele-brate all things artistic – especial-ly music. Art on Main is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, in historic downtown Maynardville, the Cradle of Country Music.

The free arts and music festival will honor Chet Atkins and cel-ebrate the music of Union County. It is on, rain or shine. The Chet At-kins Tribute will be led by musicol-ogist and radio host James Perry.

In the fl avor of Chet’s legend-ary thumb picking-style of guitar playing, Parker Hastings will per-form. He is 15-years-old and holds the current title of national thumb picking champion – in the adult category. Tommy Emmanuel in-troduced Hastings to a Knoxville audience at his concert on May 21 at the Bijou when he invited Hast-ings to join him on stage. Parker will be performing on the noon-day WDVX Blue Plate Special on Friday, June 3.

Songwriter Eli Fox will bring

his original Americana music to the Back Porch Stage. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has ap-peared on the Blue Plate, Knoxville Stomp, and is scheduled to per-form at the 2016 Bristol Rhythm and Roots. Fox is a rising senior at Webb School in Knoxville.

Knox County Jug Stompers, The Valley Boys, Knoxville Banjo Cotillion with Greg Horne and Kyle Campbell, Swamp Ghost and Virginia Faith also will perform.

Union County veterans will kick off the day with an opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m.

Fine arts and craft demon-strations will be throughout the grounds, including glassblowing by Matt Salley of Marble City Glass-works, metalsmithing by Amber Crouse, apple butter making, corn shuck dolls by Anne Freels, slab woodworking by David West, and fi ne art painting by Brian Whitson.

There will be shade tree and porch pickin’ with everyone wel-come to join in.

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Parker Hastings at the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier this year.

Multi-instrumentalist Eli Fox has just signed on to the lineup for Satur-day’s Art on Main in Maynardville

hold a Fabulous ’40s and ’50s fash-ion show, featuring female profes-sionals and offi ceholders of Union County modeling spring and sum-mer attire from Shabby Chic’s clothing and accessory lines.

Student Art Competition will be held in the former offi ce of the late Dr. Carr. Kids activities include the Art on Main train, face paint-ing, art projects and ga mes. Sev-enty vendors will offer homemade and handcrafted goods, country food, concessions and live plants.

Oakes Daylilies will give away daylilies while they last. There’s a farmers market at Wilson Park and a kids health day at the May-nardville Public Library.

Art on Main is produced by the Union County Arts Council, a non-profi t community organization dedicated to preserving and cel-ebrating the rich cultural heritage of Union County, Tennessee. Info on Facebook at Art on Main 2016

Road closureThe next phase of work on

the River’s Edge 800-foot-long public riverwalk on the South Waterfront will require closure of a section of the westbound lane of Island Home Avenue, starting this week. Equipment was set up May 27.

Through June, motorists will share the open eastbound lane, alternating between eastbound and westbound commuters, with portable traffi c signals in place to safely direct traffi c, according to a city press release. The portable signals directing one-way traf-fi c will be similar to a system that was used on Loves Creek Road in East Knoxville during a recent bridge replacement project.

The Island Home Avenue lane closure will allow Empire Construction crews to place additional footers and continue constructing a retaining wall for the public riverwalk. Once completed, the landscaped riverwalk will include walking and bicycle paths, benches and trash receptacles.

The newest public riverwalk on the South Waterfront is nearing completion and will open this summer. The river-walk and building of a new pub-lic road, Splendid View Circle, accompany the construction of the River’s Edge 134-unit apartment complex, a $14 mil-lion private investment on the South Waterfront. The public infrastructure represents a $2.5 million investment.

The Gov. John Sevier Memo-rial Association’s annual meeting is set for noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Marble Springs, the South Knoxville home place of Tennessee’s fi rst governor.

Historian Ken Cornett will speak about his compilation of the history of East Tennessee’s Sta-tions at 1 p.m. Registration is not required for this portion of the meeting.

Members and non-members of the Gov. John Sevier Memorial Association are invited. A light lunch will be served to those who register. Call 865-573-5508 or email info@marblesprings.net no later than Tuesday, June 21.

Marble Springs State Historic Site is the last remaining home of John Sevier. Born in Virginia in 1745, Sevier made a name for him-self as a Revolutionary War hero

during the Battle of Kings Moun-tain (1780), as a key player and governor of the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1788), and ulti-mately as the state of Tennessee’s fi rst elected governor (1796).

Marble Springs was the approx-imate 350-ac re farm that Sevier lived on from 1801-1815, the last years of his life. He named his farm Marble Springs because of the Ten-nessee Rose Marble that was quar-

ried on site and the natural springs that fl owed on the property.

Executive Director Anna Chap-pelle says visitors to Marble Springs will have the opportunity to tour several historic structures that are designed to represent various aspects of John Sevier’s life and times. These include: the tavern, loom house, smoke house, spring house and the John Sevier cabin and detached kitchen.

Ken Cornett to headline John Sevier group’s meeting

By Betsy PickleIn a corner of the glass-en-

closed offi ce Jon Clay and Drew Johnson occupy on the 10th fl oor of the Langley Building on Sum-mit Hill Drive is a small stack of DVDs and books one might think a decorator had planted:

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Boil-er Room,” “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and “The Art of the Deal” are some of the titles that jump out. The as-sortment would be a cliché except that the two South Knoxville na-tives are big fans of all of them.

They often send them home with their employees at Axle Lo-gistics.

“‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is a very R-rated movie,” Johnson says apologetically. “But the business element of it – work hard, play hard – is just something that reso-nates within this business.”

“We don’t condone the kind of fun they’re having,” adds Clay.

“Growing up, everybody wants to be a pro sport athlete,” says Johnson. “We didn’t make it there, unfortunately, so we’re always looking for different things to make business fun and inspiring to ourselves.”

A look around the outer offi ce reveals several games, including basketball hoops and ping pong, convenient to the desks of the ca-sually dressed employees. Axle is adding the fl oor’s remaining

SoKno natives make big moves in business

Drew Johnson and Jon Clay, whose friendship began during childhood in South Knoxville, are expanding the offi cespace and employee base of their company, Axle Logistics. Photo by Betsy Pickle

3,000-square-foot space to its ex-isting 5,000 square feet. They’re creating a new, larger conference room, a new kitchen, desk space for an additional 40 employees and possibly more fun.

“We would love to have a pool table in here,” Johnson says while touring the new area.

Clay, 32, who now lives in Rocky Hill, and Johnson, 31, who lives south of West Town Mall, grew up near each other and were

friends at Mount Olive Elemen-tary and South-Doyle Middle School. Johnson graduated from South-Doyle High, but Clay left midway through sophomore year to be home-schooled.

They traveled in the same cir-cles at the University of Tennes-see and faced some of the same challenges, working part-time to put themselves through school. Clay alternated school and work and graduated in 2009 as a politi-

cal science major; logistics major Johnson was “in a hurry” and graduated in 2007.

They both ended up with logis-tics companies. Johnson worked for J.B. Hunt in Charlotte. Clay worked for a Chattanooga-based company, fi rst in Dandridge and then in Knoxville.

Johnson came back to Knox-ville and helped a friend with a start-up. Then, he and Clay got

Art on Mainis this weekend

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Feeling the ’Burn?Man’s fi rst case of ‘heartburn’ was actually heart attack

It was that last bite of pizza. Or so Michael Smith thought.

He fi gured his usual Friday night pizza delivery included his fi rst-ev-er case of heartburn. “It was just a burning sensation right there,” he said, pointing to just below his ster-num.

But what the seemingly healthy 65-year-old Sevierville man didn’t know is that he wasn’t having heart-burn – he was having a heart attack.

“He’d never had indigestion be-fore so he didn’t recognize it,” said Smith’s partner, Yvonne Osborn, who spent the next three hours trying to persuade him to go to the Emergency Department at LeConte Medical Center. “I asked him, ‘What does it feel like?’ He said, ‘I don’t know how to explain it, but it just hurts right here.’ And I said, ‘Mike, that sounds like your heart.’ ‘Oh no,’ he said, ‘I don’t think it would be that.’ That was at 7:30, then I looked over and he was sound asleep in the chair, and I thought, ‘Well, it can’t hurt that bad if he’s sound asleep.’ But we had worked all day, he was tired.”

At 9:45 p.m., Smith awakened just in time to see the winner of the American Idol fi nale on television. At 10, Yvonne asked if the pain was still there. When he replied that it was, Osborn said she remained calm on the outside, but on the inside, was “screaming, ‘Let’s go!’”

Finally, she told him, “This is crazy to not go because if you don’t go now, I’m going to wake up in the middle of the night and you’re clutching your chest having a heart attack, it’s going to take me some time to get my contacts in so I can drive you and that’s not going to be good because I’m going to be in a bad mood. So, maybe we should just go over there and see what they have to say. It’s not far from our house. If

Michael Smith is back to “fl ip-ping” his home thanks to the cutting edge treatment he received at Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center.

was on the phone trying to get a helicopter to transport him to Fort Sanders Regional, but it was too windy – thank goodness! It was like in slow motion – I was watching all these people like they were choreo-graphed in a play. It was incredible to me. Then the doctor (Dr. Dennis Mays, a LeConte emergency medi-cine doctor) came in and he was, of course, listening to the heart. Every-body was doing a different thing.

“They started asking me ques-tions about how I felt,” Smith added. “I said, ‘I feel fi ne. I don’t feel dizzy. I don’t feel weak. I don’t have any pains. I just have a little pain right here and it’s not bad. And she said, ‘On a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is it?’ I said, ‘Not bad, maybe a .5.’ She said, ‘Five?’ I said, ‘No, point 5.’ I could barely feel it.”

By 11:30 p.m., Smith was in the back of an ambulance, chatting with the emergency medical technicians as they raced to Fort Sanders Re-gional’s Emergency Department. Along the way, the EMTs were feed-ing information to FSRMC.

Upon arrival at Fort Sanders, he was wheeled directly to the cath lab where he was met by interventional

cardiologist, Dr. Joshua Todd who had found Smith’s right coronary to be 100 percent blocked, requiring a stent.

“He was show-ing me my heart on the monitor and how the blockage was like a big stop

sign right at the end of the vein – no blood passes through here any-more,” said Smith. “Then they put the stent in, and – Boom! – you could see the artery open up and go right down to the heart. My heart

is just down there beating away. Itwas just incredible! You’re awakethe whole time and you don’t feela thing. I was amazed that I didn’tfeel any anxiety at all when theysaid, ‘You’re having a heart attack. Ithought I was going to be scared ornervous.”

“I think part of that was the waythat everybody handled it,” saidOsborn, who says Smith’s heartcatheterization and stent was fi n-ished and he was in recovery whenshe arrived at FSRMC at 12:10 a.m.“They were so calm, so forthcomingwith information. They told me ev-erything that was going on and thatreally reduced my anxiety becauseI’ve never been through this before.They were so kind about giving meevery single detail, about what wasgoing to happen, where it was goingto happen, and I think that was veryimportant. They all deserve creditfor the way they handled everythingso professionally. And not just pro-fessionally, (but) the kindness theyexhibited was really important.”

A day and a half later, Smithwas discharged from FSRMC withinstructions not to lift anythingheavier than a gallon of milk forseven days. After the seventh day,he didn’t rest.

Instead, he returned to the taskhe was working on before his heartattack – building a three-bedroom,two-bath home which he and Os-born will “fl ip” in two years, some-thing the couple has been doing for17 years as they traveled throughoutthe United States.

For now, however, Smith’s hearthas found a home in Seviervillewhere Osborn plans to keep a closewatch on his heart. “If you have apain, don’t be embarrassed, don’tfeel badly – just go!” she said. “Ifthey tell you that you’ve got indiges-tion, great! But it might not be.”

they say you have indigestion, hoo-ray! But let’s just go see. It won’t hurt.’ He fi nally said, ‘OK, let’s go’ but grudgingly.”

They arrived at LeConte Medical Center’s Emergency Department about 10:30, walked to the counter and told the receptionist that Smith was “either having a heart attack or has indigestion.”

“I don’t think it was 30 seconds before they took me to triage and

did some bloodwork and put me on an EKG and another 30 seconds or minute later, they said, ‘Get a bed! We need a room,’” said Smith. “They hooked me up with all kinds of other stuff, and said ‘You’re having a heart attack.’”

“People came from everywhere,” said Osborn. “There must’ve been 15 people around. Some were putting IVs in each arm, some were putting those heart leads on, another one

Dr. Joshua Todd

Heart attacks often mistaken for indigestionHeartburn or heart attack? Michael

Smith couldn’t tell the difference. Could you?Decide quickly because, depending on

what type of heart attack you have, your best chance for survival is getting to the hospital within the first three hours of your symptoms.

“Indigestion can be a common symp-tom,” said Dr. Josh Todd, the interven-tional cardiologist at Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center who placed a stent in Smith’s right coronary artery. “Patients tend to ignore the initial symptoms of a heart attack, and may attempt other al-ternative strategies to help alleviate pain such as antacids or pain medications in-cluding aspirin. When the symptoms aren’t relieved - that’s when EMS is usu-ally called.”

In fact, a recent survey of 500 heart at-tack survivors found that eight out of ten failed to realize that they were having a heart attack. One third of those mistook their symptoms for indigestion. The study

also found that half of heart attack suffer-ers do not seek help for more than an hour because they think they have indigestion or other minor conditions.

“It can be hard even for physicians to interpret these symptoms” said Dr. Todd. “Based on a patient’s symptoms and their risk factor profile, the chance that indi-gestion-like signs are indicators of a blood flow problem with the heart can range from 20 to 90 percent.”

“The emergency department is the best place to determine the patient’s risk by rapidly obtaining an EKG within 10 min-utes of the patient’s arrival. This test will conclude to which type of heart attack a patient is experiencing – STEMI (ST-seg-ment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) or Non-STEMI,” he added.

The diagnosis of a STEMI heart attack is made by a combination of symptom in-dicators and an EKG tracing that shows elevated “ST” segments, indicating an ar-tery is totally blocked.

“There are large amounts of data show-

ing that if you have that type heart at-tack, sooner is better for interventional action because the artery is 100 percent blocked,” said Dr. Todd. “If the EKG does not demonstrate this finding, a medical evaluation is performed which involves obtaining laboratory testing over the next several hours to see if heart cell death has occurred. The first EKG is how we deter-mine who is emergently transported to the Cath Lab.”

The best time for treatment is within the first three hours of the onset of symp-toms. After 12 hours of continued symp-toms, there is little benefit to procedures offered in the Cath Lab. Individuals at risk for a heart attack should be well informed of these facts. If you can recognize the symptoms of heart attack early and get to the hospital, you can receive the most ef-fective treatment.

Outlying hospitals without the ability to perform emergent interventions like LeConte Medical Center have established “STEMI” teams that spring into action the

moment a heart patient first enters theiremergency department.

“If a person presents with symptomsthat may by caused by a heart attack, theyreceive and EKG rapidly, and if the patientmeets criteria, the STEMI team is activat-ed,” said Dr. Todd. “After the STEMI teamis activated, a request is sent to an EMSemergency transport provider. LeContethen notifies the Cath Lab team at FortSanders Regional so that the team is readyto go before the patient arrives.”

Michael Smith learned that it’s not how much you hurt, but why you are hurting.

“Pain intensity is not as important as the EKG fi ndings,” said Dr. Todd. “Mistakinga heart attack for heartburn is not uncom-mon. Refl ux disease can present the sameway. For every one patient who is having aheart attack, there are probably 10 with thesame symptoms who aren’t. If you are hav-ing symptoms that may represent a heartattack, prompt presentation to qualifi edmedical personnel who can perform andinterpret an ECG may be life- saving.”

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Betsy Pickle

SoKno natives From page 1

together and founded Axle in 2011. They moved into the former Kimberly-Clark space almost two years ago.

They’ve grown from two employees to more than 20. And as driven as they are to keeping their team happy, they’re also determined to give back to the community. In addition to donating mon-ey to worthy causes, they’re

working with Big Broth-ers Big Sisters on the new Mentor 2.0 program, which pairs adult Bigs with Littles in a mentoring program that takes place online, with monthly evening events at school. BBBS is, coinciden-tally, launching the program at South-Doyle High.

“It just worked out that South-Doyle is the place

It’s probably thanks to Lynn Sykes that the home she shares in Colonial Vil-lage with her sister, Marian Sykes, isn’t covered with patterns and fabric and all the paraphernalia that’s in-volved with quilt making.

Sisters Marian and Lynn Sykes burrow beneath a few of the quilts they have made. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Sisters

Lynn is the organized one – everything has to be put away in its proper place. Marian says her sister ac-cuses her of being a hoarder – and she doesn’t actually deny the description.

Marian followed her big sister into the world of quilt-ing, and this year marks their sixth of participat-ing in the Smoky Mountain Quilters’ Quilt Show. This is the 36th incarnation of the show, which will take place Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, at the Knoxville Expo Cen-ter, 5441 Clinton Highway.

The siblings attended the

show even before they be-gan participating in it.

“The quality of the quilts at this show is always spec-tacular,” says Lynn. “Much better than other places.”

Marian says they usually enter quilts they have made as gifts or decoration.

“But there are people who make them specifi cally for the show,” she says. “They’re usually the ones who win the big ribbons.

“There’s a difference be-tween an everyday quilt and a show-quality quilt. There’s much more precision piecing

and making sure your points match and your corners match. Your quilting is very precise and very detailed.

“People like that make one quilt a year. But they’ll spend a year to get that show-quality quilt.”

“We don’t do that,” says

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Lynn. “We do it for the love of the craft and to make something usable. All of our quilts are usable.”

The sisters may not de-scribe their quilts as “show quality,” but they have won awards and been juried into exhibits. Their home has a variety of quilts hanging on the walls in addition to the ones spread across the backs of couches and chairs and folded on quilt racks.

The sisters grew up in Nashville, and both gradu-ated from Tennessee Tech University. Lynn moved to Knoxville when she got married; it was her hus-band’s hometown. When she divorced a few years later, Marian moved from Kingsport to Knoxville to help her sister raise her two young children.

Both of them are on staff at the University of Tennes-see, Lynn in the athletics department and Marian in administrative computing. They don’t carpool because they have different sched-ules. They also don’t quilt in the same room – but that goes back to their confl ict-ing levels of neatness.

They do, however, share their evening meal. They also love to go to movies together, and now that Lynn’s son and daughter are grown and liv-ing out of town, they’re de-

voted to their beagle, Salem, and their cat, Raven.

Growing up, Lynn be-came interested in needle-work and enjoyed embroi-dery and the like. Marian was into sports. Even now, Lynn works in a number of mediums, while Marian sticks to quilts. She prob-ably produces more, but Lynn’s are bigger.

“I probably make more wall hangings and smaller quilts than Lynn does,” says Marian. “She makes more traditional throws or bed quilts. I tend to get bored easily and want to move on.”

They bought their home in South Knoxville in 1992 and have expanded it to ac-commodate their hobby. At some point they may have more house than they have quilts to fi ll it.

“After a while, you run out of people to give them to,” says Lynn. “I mean, my daughter has 30 quilts now between the ones I’ve given her and Mom’s given her and that she’s made herself.

“You can only put so many quilts on a bed or give so many away.”

The quilt show will take place 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 17 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 18. Admission is $7 per day or $10 for a two-day pass.

Info: smokymtnquilters.com

where they’re starting it,” says Johnson.

“We’ve got several people here that are going to be reg-ular Bigs, and some are going to do Mentor 2.0,” says Clay.

Axle is a third-party lo-gistics company; it doesn’t own trucks, trains or ware-houses, but it connects companies that need to ship goods with companies that can do the job. Johnson and Clay emphasize high-qual-ity customer service, effi -

ciency and technology.“It’s a growing indus-

try,” says Clay. “We need to evolve and transform with technology. We … adapt all the time. We operate differ-ently now than we did four years ago.”

In some ways, however, the business stays the same.

“It’s always been around since the horse and wag-on,” says Johnson. And he thinks it will probably stick

around a while.“Until teleportation hap-

pens.”

Info: axlelogistics.com

■ Colonial Village Neighbor-hood Association. Info: Terry

Caruthers, 579-5702, t_

caruthers@hotmail.com.

■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second

and fourth Monday, Connie’s

Kitchen, 10231 Chapman High-

way, Seymour. Info: facebook.

com/TriCountyLions/info.

■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly

Gilbert, 209-1820 or molly

gilbert@yahoo.com.

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Sandra Clark

Marvin West

Beware of coffee shop de-bates about Tennessee foot-ball. Bruises and even lac-erations are possible. Egos can be damaged. Feelings may be hurt beyond repair.

I innocently walked into one the other day and was immediately challenged to settle the disturbance.

“Speak up,” said one com-batant. “You know it all.”

“You’ve been around for-ever,” said another.

In commemoration of this year’s empty NFL draft, at issue was which former Volunteer, born in the state of Tennessee, played the most pro football games?

Under consideration were Doug Atkins, Bill Bates and Reggie White.

Right here, out of courte-sy, we pause for two seconds

Old Vols in the NFL

so you can vote.Pause over.Atkins, defensive end

from Humboldt, played in 205 pro games (mostly Chi-cago). He struck fear into the hearts of quarterbacks and sometimes alarmed rival linemen assigned to block him. He is one of the really big names in the col-lege and pro halls of fame.

Bates, defensive back from Farragut, played in 217 games, all with the Cow-

boys, and fi nished as one of the all-time stars of special teams. He has coached and also distinguished himself as a father of athletes.

White, a rare gladiator who included foes in his prayers and then dented their helmets, made the trip from Chattanooga to UT to Philadelphia to Green Bay and fi nally to Carolina. He played in 232 NFL games over 15 seasons.

Before anyone could ask, I told them Reggie inter-cepted three passes, scored two touchdowns and had 198 career sacks. That made an impression.

“You are pretty smart,” said one listener.

“There are reference li-braries,” said I.

The coffee caucus, three

cups in, seemed surprised to learn that homegrown Raleigh McKenzie from Austin-East played cen-ter and guard in 226 pro games, much for Washing-ton but two years each for Philadelphia, San Diego and Green Bay.

One budding genius sud-denly remembered that Raleigh works for his twin brother Reggie as a scout for the Oakland Raiders. Reg-gie is general manager and also a very famous father. His son, Kahlil McKenzie, defensive tackle, 6-4 and 319, is a Tennessee star-to-be.

Reggie is very smart but did not play nearly as many NFL games as Raleigh.

The discussion got side-tracked onto how Kahlil and

the current Volunteers will do and how good an idea was moving the opener to a Thursday night and would I attend the Battle of Bristol.

It took time to return to the subject, Tennessee-born Vols who survived the rigors of pro football for extended periods. If you are guessing, offensive linemen do have a better chance for longevity than backs, receivers and linebackers.

Judge Tim Irwin, former Central High tackle, played in 201 games, almost all with the Minnesota Vikings. Chad Clifton, from Martin, played in 158 for the Pack-ers. He is new to their hall of fame.

Mike Stratton of Tellico Plains played 156 for Buf-falo. Bruce Wilkerson, from Loudon, played in 147, mostly for the Raiders. Har-ry Galbreath, from Clarks-ville, made it through 141

with Miami, Green Bay and the New York Jets.

Nashville tackle John Gordy, teammate of John Majors, did 134 games for the Detroit Lions. Defen-sive tackle John Hender-son (Nashville) had 133. Cleveland’s Bob Johnson was Cincinnati’s center for 126 games. Linebacker Al Wilson (Jackson) lasted for 125. Linebacker Mike Cofer (Rule High, Knoxville) played 123.

Don’t set this list in stone. Jason Witten (Elizabethton to UT to Dallas) is gaining on 200 games. He holds the NFL mark for consecu-tive starts by a tight end and is third all-time to reach 10,000 yards in receptions.

One or more of the Colquitts (Knoxville) may kick forever.Marvin West invites additions and cor-

rections from other know-it-alls. His ad-

dress is westwest6@netzero.com

= Neighborhood Engagement

= City Staff Work

Appendix F — Flow Chart / Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program

B Kick-Off Meeting Neighbors explain

traffic issues. Staff explains Traffic

Safety Program.

Further Study

Indicated?

E Evaluation Meeting

Neighbors detail traffic problems.

F Speed Data Collection & Evaluation

Data from hoses, collisions, KPD.

Qualifies for Engineering

on Point Scale

System?

A Neighborhood

Application Neighborhood

applies for Traffic Safety Study.

H Traffic Calming Feasibilty Study

More in-depth study and analysis.

J Concept Plan

Meeting City presents

plan for deploying

devices &/or route

modifications. Neighbors

provide feedback.

Threshold Met for

Enforcement &/or Further

Study?

yes

yes

yes

Priority Ranking Project Ranks High

or Low?

high

Project will be ranked again in next round.

C Alternate Solutions Staff may suggest

solutions outside the Traffic Safety Program.

D Neighborhood Petition

Impact area defined. Neighborhood gathers

signatures.

no

no

K Detailed Design

City prepares bid-ready detailed design of the

project.

ENFORCEMENT

ENGINEERING

L Bidding &

Construction Projects are bundled for lowest cost.

M Post-Construction

Evaluation

no

More than 50%

approve?

no

EDUCATION

G Speed Data Status

Meeting City shares data results

& analysis with the neighborhood.

yes yes

I Traffic Calming Status Meeting

City shares data results & analysis with the

neighborhood.

low Carl McDaniel

McDaniel was a Lion for all seasonsI can’t remember when I

didn’t know Carl McDaniel. He was just always around,

h e l p i n g folks with vision prob-lems or spearhead-ing some new fund-r a i s i n g scheme for the Halls Lions Club.

When he died on May 24 at age 80, the community lost a fi ne leader.

I connect Carl with George Davey; both were Lions and both lived on Co-chise Drive up by Beaver Brook Country Club.

George was from the north, I think, and was a more aggressive fund-rais-er. When George died, Carl led a delegation of Lions into the Fountain City Unit-ed Methodist Church. They were awesome in their Lion

regalia and we appreciated their show of respect.

Carl worked for KUB as a power operations super-visor for 33 years. As an adult, he earned a bach-elor’s degree (1989) and a master’s degree (1993) from UT. He then took a job with the state Emergency Man-agement Agency where he worked for eight years.

Carl was a charter mem-ber of Halls Community Li-ons Club for over 50 years. He was also the District Governor of the Lions Club International District 12-N Tennessee from 1998-1999.

I wrote a story when he got his master’s and another

when he and wife Jennie at-tended an international Li-ons convention in England or Scotland. Memory fails.

With all this involvement, it’s easy to see how Carl must have known half the town.

He grew up in Union County, graduating from Hor-ace Maynard High School in 1953. His parents were Silas and Lucille McDaniel.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Jennie Haney McDaniel; son and daughter Jim McDaniel and Kelly McDaniel; brothers, David and Eddie McDaniel; sisters, Judy McDaniel Paul and Wanda McDaniel Jack-son; special brother, Donnie Boles; and a host of friends.

Services were Friday at Sharon Baptist Church and the interment was Saturday morning at Sharon Baptist’s cemetery.

Arrangements were by Mynatt Funeral Home of Fountain City.

Traffi c calming, anyone?The city is doing wonder-

ful things to enhance Knox-ville, but the chart above is not among them.

Written by planner Don Parnell, the chart is an ap-pendix to the city’s Neigh-borhood Safety Program.

Want to get speed bumps on your street? Well, jump right in.

Looks like you start at the arrow on the left top – apply for a traffi c safe-ty study. Then meet with neighbors and staff to deter-mine whether further study is indicated. A half dozen additional meetings ensue.

If the city decides to go forward, consultants are hired and projects ranked.

Surveys and education are woven into the model. Speeders do not participate in such complex processes. Perhaps no one does.

This schematic is a plan-ner’s dream. Check back next year to see how many traffi c calming projects are completed.

– S. Clark

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Betty Bean

Very little blowback and lots of attaboys – that’s what Mayor Tim Burchett says he’s gotten for his re-cent criticism of the Haslam administration’s refusal to kick in money for a facil-ity to stabilize mentally ill and substance-addicted in-mates. He made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows last month denouncing the state for reneging on a com-mitment to help fund a be-havioral health urgent care unit (formerly known as the safety center).

Burchett says he’s con-fi dent that the project will move forward, one way or another.

“No hard feelings. It’s just politics. We’re going to move ahead. I understand the state didn’t want to fund any local projects, but we know it’s the right thing to do. In the end, I think ev-erybody’s going to be at the table. Our local legislative delegation’s been very sup-portive, and they under-stand (the issue) better than most. Every day I receive correspondence from one of them, and it’s a piece of the moving parts we’re dealing with.”

■ The announcement that Bearden High School principal John Bartlett is Tennessee’s High School Principal of the Year (named by the Tennessee Associa-tion of Secondary School Principals) came as a shock to many people.

Wonder how Bearden High School teachers who got put through the wringer when the school’s evalua-tion scores plummeted from the highest possible level to

Elizabeth “Liz” Savelli is completing 23 years run-ning a popular neighbor-hood restaurant, Savelli’s, in West Knoxville. She opened up on March 1, 1993, and has been at 3055 Sutherland Avenue ever since.

When interviewed, she said her most fa-mous guest was Willard Scott, whom HGTV introduced to Savelli’s. But other well-known patrons

have included Tommy Las-orda, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tim Love, UT graduate and chef. Former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer and South College president Steve South are regulars.

Savelli, 57, has worked the restaurant business her whole life, starting in Clearwater, Fla., work-ing for the Sub Shop. She moved to Knoxville in 1993 and found the current site, which she leased until purchasing it a few months ago. The site was a Time Out deli with 28 seats; Savelli’s now has 49 seats.

Meanwhile, she has raised four daughters: Kathleen, now 26; Re-becca, 28; Jessica, 30; and Christina, 33. She has six grandchildren, fi ve boys and a girl. Kathleen is the only one who works in the restaurant, and she makes all the cakes.

Liz Savelli says her most popular di sh for lunch is the blackened grouper sub and for dinner is the grouper picante. She says her hardest job is “keeping good employees,” but “we have done well.”

■ Alan Lowe, former head of the Baker Center at UT-Knoxville, has resigned from the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Archives in Dallas and accepted a position at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfi eld, Ill. Lowe moved to Dallas in 2009. He was the fi rst di-rector of the Baker Center.

■ Democrats are eager to win back control of the General Assembly. Their odds of achieving this are slim, but they are pushing it hard, including recruit-ing 23 women to run for the Legislature this November. The Democrats may gain seats, while failing to reach majority control in either house. Democrats claim that likely GOP nominee Donald Trump will alienate women voters from the

Burchett to Haslam: Sorry, not sorry; principal of the year award baffl es

rock bottom lows last year are feeling?

Knox County Education Association president Lau-ren Hopson probably spoke for a lot of them when she pointed out that teachers whose scores plunge to the lowest levels get assigned coaches and subjected to twice as many evaluations the following year, “and possibly get put on intensive assistance with the constant threat of losing their job hanging over their head...

“Meanwhile, a principal who runs a school where (scores) dropped from a 5 to a 1 in one year is named principal of the year?????”

And what about the Bearden parents whose daughters were members of the softball team before Bartlett summarily fi red the highly successful coach Leonard Sams last year?

“It makes us sick,” said Adam McKenry, Sams’ for-mer assistant coach and booster club offi cer who has fi led an ethics complaint against Barrett and athletic director Nathan Lynn.

The complaint charges that Bartlett and Lynn failed to inform the boost-ers that it’s illegal for pri-vate citizens to build sports facilities on school property, and that had they known this, the parents would not have gone forward with building a new indoor bat-ting facility on the Bearden

campus. And McKenry and another parent, Randy Su-song, wouldn’t be stuck pay-ing $700 per month on the note for the new building, which was named for Sams, who was abruptly canned after he led the team to the school’s fi rst-ever state tournament run. The school board also approved the project.

The softball boosters probably aren’t the only parents who are puzzled about Bartlett’s big honor, given the massive turnover among the Bearden coach-ing staff, across the board. Over the past four years, head coaches in soccer, ten-nis, golf, baseball, volley-ball, basketball and football have departed, as well as ev-ery assistant football coach from this last season.

McKenry, Sams and Su-song are scheduled to ap-pear at the school board’s Ethics Committee on June 6.

■ The Bernie/Hill-ary battle is still raging on the national scene, but here in Knoxville, the two sides are joining to campaign for Democratic County Com-mission candidate Evelyn Gill, whose primary victory over Rick Staples in District 1 surprised a lot of political observers.

“Bernie and Hillary sup-porters are canvassing the fi rst district for Evelyn Gill. We want to show our com-munity that while we have some disagreements, we are strongly supporting our lo-cal Democratic candidate, and we will be out in the district door knocking and getting out the vote for Ev-

elyn Gill,” said Paul Berney.Gill, a special education

teacher with Knox County Schools, is a Sanders sup-porter who rode the Bernie wave in the UT- and down-town-dominated wards of the district, while Staples carried the pro-Clinton wards in the district’s heart. She faces a challenge from Republican Michael Cov-ington, who is closely iden-tifi ed with local GOP regu-lars.

Participants will meet at the Knox County Demo-cratic Party headquarters for training at 10 a.m. and hit the streets at 11.

■ Tennessee’s sun-shine laws are among the strongest in the nation and require that almost all offi -cial communications should be open to public scrutiny. This is a frequent aggrava-tion for local elected of-fi cials, who resent the fact that state legislators ex-empted themselves from the laws they passed.

So they probably weren’t queuing up any sad trom-bones for GOP Rep. Susan Lynn, who’s been raising heck because emails dis-cussing plans to challenge the federal government’s “bathroom guidelines” for transgender students got leaked.

“Whoever did this – you know who you are – I im-plore you to act with more honor than that – to behave with Christian ethics,” she said in an email that also got leaked, prompting her to de-clare herself “shocked that the email about the leaked emails was also leaked.”

Savelli’s marks 23 years on Sutherland

GOP ticket, but that may be wishful thinking.

Three women are run-ning here in Knox County, starting with former state Rep. Gloria Johnson, seek-ing to recapture her old House seat against incum-bent Eddie Smith. Also being opposed by Demo-cratic women are Reps. Martin Daniel and Roger Kane in traditionally safe GOP districts. The Smith-Johnson race in November will be the most seriously contested local contest. Out-of-state PAC money will be evident for both.

It is a fi rst in Tennes-see political history that one party (Democratic) is fi elding 23 women for state House seats including a women opposing House Speaker Beth Harwell, the fi rst woman in Tennessee history to be house speaker. She is a credible opponent and Harwell will have to campaign actively in her own district to win another term.

■ Thackston School, located on Lake Avenue adjacent to the UT cam-pus, closed its doors after 95 years last week. No announcement was made. Parents were asked not to talk to the media about it when informed a few months ago.

Deborah Wofford has headed the school for many years, and it has had a stu-dent body of 100, starting at age 3 and going through fi fth grade.

Hundreds of Knoxville residents have attended Thackston over the years. The land it is on is being sold as this column is writ-ten. It is the end of an era. Prominent citizens attend-ing Thackston include long-time Knoxville attorney Arthur G. Seymour Jr.

■ Veteran General Sessions Judge Geoff Emery and his wife re-cently returned from a two-week trip to Europe focused on World War II history. They visited the beaches at Normandy in France, the site of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, and Germany.

■ Vice Mayor Duane Grieve celebrated his 70th birthday on May 25. Coun-cil member Finbarr Saun-ders is the oldest member of Knoxville City Council at 71. Marshall Stair is the youngest member at 37.

Liz Savelli

City secures grant to clean up two propertiesThe U.S. Environmen-

tal Protection Agency has awarded $350,000 in brownfi eld cleanup grants that will remediate contam-ination on two important city of Knoxville redevelop-ment sites: the former Mc-Clung Warehouses on Jack-son Avenue and the former Sanitary Laundry site, 625 N. Broadway.

EPA is funding $200,000 for the 15,000-square-foot, former dry-cleaning site in the heart of the Downtown North Redevelopment Dis-trict and $150,000 for the fi ve-acre former industrial site on Jackson Avenue. The city will be contributing a 20 percent match – a com-bined $70,000.

The Tennessee Depart-ment of Environment and Conservation is partnering with the city and EPA on the cleanups, according to a city press statement.

“We know that contami-nants are present at the Sanitary Laundry and Mc-

Clung Warehouses sites, and that’s a major roadblock in bringing these key prop-erties back into reuse,” said Mayor Madeline Rogero. “The great news is that we’ll be developing a strategy to remediate the sites, and now we’ve got the resources to move ahead.”

Anne Wallace, the city’s deputy director of rede-velopment, said the two brownfi eld properties are highly visible and strate-gically located in their re-spective corridors, with “signifi cant redevelopment potential.”

“Without remediation,

the contaminated sites would continue to dete-riorate, and that affects the value of neighboring prop-erties,” Wallace said.

Rogero said the cleanups will accelerate redevelop-ment throughout the Down-town North and Jackson Av-enue corridors. The impact will be wider than just the redevelopment of the two specifi c properties, she said.

“These cleanups will kick up a notch the amazing re-surgence that’s already hap-pening in these two redevel-opment corridors.”

Previous EPA brownfi eld assessment grants, totaling almost $500,000, identi-fi ed specifi cally what and where contaminants existed in multiple sites on Jackson Avenue and in Downtown North. This follow-up round of grant funding will go to-ward remediation.

The former Sanitary Laundry and Jackson Av-enue sites have unique re-development histories and

are unusual in that both are city-owned.

The city, motivated by blight-abatement and public safety concerns, purchased the McClung Warehouses portion of the Jackson Av-enue site in 2013 from a bankruptcy trustee. The warehouses, dating back to the 1890s, were destroyed in fi res set by vagrants in 2007 and 2014.

The city acquired the abandoned dry-cleaning site on Broadway in 2014 in a tax foreclosure. The busi-ness had been a leading employer in the 1920s and 1930s.

The details of the remedi-ation work will be fi nalized by the city, TDEC and EPA. Then, later this year, an en-vironmental consultant will be hired through a competi-tively-bid contract.

Once rehabilitated, the city intends to sell both sites to private redevelopers. A mix of uses is envisioned for both properties.

McClung warehouses pre-fi re. The ornate structures were a solid anchor on the north side of downtown.

6 • JUNE 1, 2016 • SOUTH KNOX Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ South Knox Senior

Center6729 Martel Lane573-5843knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: dulcimer and guitar lessons; arts and crafts classes; dance classes; exercise programs; Tai Chi; card games; Joymakers practice; free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Meals program noon each Wednesday and Friday.

Register for: Center’s “Shin-Dig,” 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, June 9; entertain-ment by South Knox Opry and the Mill Creek Mule Skinner Band; bring cov-ered dish. Veterans Services offi ce visit, 9-10 a.m. Thurs-day, June 16; registration: 215-5646.

■ South Knox Community Center522 Old Maryville Pike573-3575Monday-FridayHours vary

Off erings include a vari-ety of senior programs.

■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center611 Winona St.523-1135knoxseniors.org/oconnor.htmlMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Off erings include: Card games, billiards, senior fi tness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday.

Register for: Harrah’s trip, 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 7; cost: $30; info: Frankie Hicks, 525-1475. AAA Driver Safety Program, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9; info/registration: Kate Fleming, 862-9254.

■ CAC Offi ce on Aging2247 Western Ave.524-2786knoxooa@knoxseniors.org

Dr. Paul YauLoren RiddickBlake McCoyJasen Bradley

Life Beyond BingoBy Sara Barrett

This week at Sherrill Hills Re-tirement Resort, the Shopper News will present its fi rst Beyond Bingo event for folks interested in life af-ter their senior discount.

Everything is free, including lunch provided by Sherrill Hills. Door prizes will be given away and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll leave with a few other freebies.

Beyond Bingo will take place 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today and tomorrow (Wednesday and Thursday, June 1-2) at Sherrill Hills, 271 Moss Grove Boulevard.

In addition to numerous vendors that will be on hand, a number of speakers will share advice in their areas of expertise:

■ Jasen Bradley, CPT, man-ager and NASM certifi ed per-sonal trainer, Fitness Together

Jasen Bradley became a trainer more than 10 years ago.

“My own path to becoming a per-sonal trainer began after my father passed due to heart disease. It gave me the motivation to not only make my health a priority, but to help oth-ers do the same,” he says.

Bradley is now a trainer and manager for Fitness Together in Farragut. He plans to focus his pre-sentation at Beyond Bingo on the success of FT clients and how many of them started their new, healthy lifestyles after the perceived “nor-mal” age.

“I want our clients to spend as much time with their children, fam-ilies, and hobbies as long as they can without wasting their time on ‘fl y by night’ health fads.

“FT offers seniors a dedicated personalized program fi t around their interests and goals,” Bradley continues. “No program is the same and the results are guaranteed.

“Whether it’s improving your overall health and wellness, or seek-ing fi tness through strength train-ing, helping you get out of bed with-out pain, running faster, jumping higher, or learning about your weight management options to reach your fi tness goals, we’re eager to start you on a journey that will change your

Info: LorenRiddickTeam.com■ Paul Yau, MD, Tennessee

Orthopedic ClinicDr. Paul Yau, board certifi ed

physician, received his fellowship training in joint replacement and adult reconstructive surgery from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Yau currently chairs the ortho-pedic department at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and coor-dinates the hip fracture and joint replacement services there.

His specialty practice keeps him current with the latest surgical techniques and advances in ortho-pedic care including hip arthros-copy and anterior hip replacement.

Yau is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, and Arthroscopy Association of North America. Info: tocdocs.com

life forever.” Info: 671-2022.■ Blake McCoy, founder

and CEO, Independent Insur-ance Consultants

Blake McCoy had a close rela-tionship to his grandparents grow-ing up, and he feels that’s part of what inspired him to help seniors.

“I feel seniors don’t get treated properly,” says McCoy. “They have so much knowledge, and often they are ignored.”

McCoy would see agents only interested in helping themselves instead of doing what was best for their client’s situation.

He was inspired to get his insur-ance license at age 19. In Septem-ber, he will have had his license for 14 years.

McCoy plans to discuss the four parts of Medicare during his pre-sentation at Beyond Bingo. He also hopes to cover the difference be-tween an independent agency and a captive agency, and how to qual-ify for extra help with prescription drugs.

Info: medicareknoxville.com or call 691-5571.

■ Loren Riddick, branch manager, People’s Home Eq-uity, HECM division

Loren Riddick is an East Ten-nessee native who earned an as-sociate’s degree from Walters State Community College.

Riddick has been in the mort-gage arena since 1999 and currently heads the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) division of Peo-ples Home Equity. He has assisted clients with both forward and re-verse mortgages, and plans to dis-cuss and answer questions about

reverse mortgages during his pre-sentation.

“Questions I am commonly asked by seniors are ‘Do I still get to own my home?’ and ‘What hap-pens when I die or move out of the house in relation to my heirs?’” says Riddick.

The Loren Riddick Team has a nearly 100 percent repeat and re-ferral client base according to its website.

Sandra Clark

Year-in and year-out, our most loyal Shopper News readers are our seniors. That was true when I began publishing the paper in 1971 and remains true today. Re-spect for place becomes stronger as we age, and the Shopper is all about people and place.

For instance, Shannon Carey has a great tale in our new North/East Shopper this week about how retired Carson-Newman guy Jim Coppock celebrated his 80th birthday. He asked his kids to throw a party at Holston Hills Country Club for his friends from sixth grade at Chilhowee Elemen-tary School.

Incredibly, people came from across the country.

Beyond Bingo: So our sales manager, Amy Lutheran, and I decided to celebrate our senior

readers with a party of sorts. Val and Cassie Smith at Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort agreed to host the fi rst one and it’s this week!

A good turnout will guarantee other such events in other parts of town. There’s no cost or obliga-tion. We hope you can make time to attend!

Oh, yes, Sherrill Hills is at the top of the hill behind Academy Sports on Kingston Pike just west of Cedar Bluff. Info: 865-622-4059

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JUNE 1, 2016 • 7 faith

cross currentsLynn Pittslpitts48@yahoo.com

The memory of the righteous is a blessing. (Proverbs 10: 7a, NRSV)

Memories light the corners of my mind, misty, wa-ter-colored memories of the way we were.

(“Memories” Barbra Streisand)

Memories

I am still thinking about Memorial Day and memories.

There are memories we cherish, hang onto, re-visit time and again. There are others, of course, that we desper-ately wish to forget.

Then, there are the memories that are pain-ful, but worthy of remem-bering, lest we repeat our follies, our mistakes, our sins.

The only good that can come from the painful memories is that we heed the lessons learned. That applies to all of us: chil-dren, grown-ups, pets, communities and nations.

The sweet memories, the fun memories, the glowing memories, how-ever, can, with time, heal the raw ones, transcend the sad ones, make useful the h ard ones.

One of the treasures I have in my possession is a letter my maternal grand-father, Maston Dunn,

wrote to my grandmoth-er, Belle, when he was courting her. His love and respect for her were clear in every line, and because of the existence of that letter, his love lives on in history as well as in my memory.

On the other side of the family tree, we also have the letters that my father’s brother wrote to Daddy and Mother during World War II. They contain fi rst person accounts of some of the deadliest battles in the Pacifi c (Okinawa, Saipan and The Mar-shalls, his family learned later), carefully redacted by the censors who were in charge of keeping troop movements secret. Those letters are living his-tory, and provide at least some explanation of why my uncle came home a changed man, a man who refused to talk about his experiences in the war.

May God bless them all, with peace at last.

FAITH NOTES ■ Knoxville Aglow will meet

9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, New Covenant Fellowship, 6828 Central Avenue Pike. Speaker: Mike Vandergriff , pastor and founder of Vic-tory Assembly of God in New Tazewell and advisor of Ap-palachian Aglow Lighthouse. Refreshments and child care provided. All welcome.

■ Listening Hearts, A Gather-ing of Bereaved Moms, will meet 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 4110 Central Avenue Pike. All grieving moms are invited. Info: listeninghearts-moms@gmail.com; 679-1351; listeningheartsmoms.org.

■ Maryville Baptist Taberna-cle, 1585 Mount Tabor Road, Maryville, will hold Home-coming 10:45 a.m. Sunday, June 5. Mike Holcomb, former bass singer with the Inspira-tions, will preach; Heartline will sing. Home-cooked meal after the service. Info: Rick Smelcer, 216 0487.

■ St. Mark UMC, 7001 S. North-shore Dr., is seeking a part-time Director of Children’s Ministry. Position requires 20 hours per week and personal faith in the Methodist tradi-tion; experience working with children is preferred. For a complete job description and qualifi cations, send resume to offi ce@stmarkknox.org.

Pastor Tim Fleeger holds Irene Kautz’s purse and Bible as she boards the train. The passengers are Allison Keck and Sallie Hatfi eld.

Irene Kautz and Sallie Hatfi eld ride the Island Home Baptist Church train. Photos by Kelly Norrell

David Hatfi eld drives the train. Passengers are Riley Haas, Paislee Scott, Elia Scott and Sallie Hatfi eld.

Island Home Baptist off ers hospitality, fun

By Kelly NorrellWhen Island Home Baptist Church

asked its members for donations to build a playground two months ago, Paislee Scott, age 9, took the request to heart. She donated her Easter Egg prize money.

Paislee sent the money with a note: “If you need more, just ask me. Love, Paislee Scott.” Her gift, along with donations from others, has garnered about $8,100 for the playground proj-ect, expected to have a total cost of about $11,000. Her reason for giving: “Because kids need to get out and play and have some fun.”

Paislee’s logic refl ects the pre-vailing mood of the historic church, founded in 1860. As it confronts the dilemmas facing many churches – de-clining numbers, aging congregations and changing neighborhoods – Island

Home Baptist has responded with community engagement, hospitality and a sense of fun.

“It’s a church that has a good time. It’s always been that way,” said the Rev. Tim Fleeger.

Last week, workers paved the play-ground area to accommodate bas-ketball, volleyball, swings, seesaws, shuffl eboard and horseshoes. The im-mediate goal: to have the area ready for Vacation Bible School June 5-9, 6-8:30 p.m.

Nightly events include Bible study, games, recreation and dinner, and are free of charge and open to all children in the community age 3 through sixth grade.

The church also offers a free hot breakfast to anyone, member or strang-er, who shows up at 8 a.m. on Sundays.

In a playful nod to community kids,

the church offers free train rides in its parking lot each Wednesday from 6-6:20 p.m., just before Wednesday evening worship activities. Built by the Baptist Men’s Group, it’s sturdy and safe, said Pastor Tim Fleeger. Member David Hatfi eld is train engineer.

Last Wednesday, Paislee, Riley Haas, Elia Scott, Sallie Hatfi eld and Allison Keck enjoyed multiple rides on the train. They rode in the cool evening light for as long as Sallie’s dad would pull them. Joining them was Irene Wattenberger Kautz, the church’s oldest member at 90.

“In 1938, my daddy bought this farm up here at Forks of the River, so we came to live on the farm. My broth-ers and sisters and I started coming here to go to Sunday school,” Kautz said. The daughter of the late Frank Wattenberger, owner of Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport, Kautz made headlines as one of Knoxville’s early female aviators.

Kautz said her fondest church mem-ories were of her Sunday school class-es. “We had wonderful adult members who taught our classes. Betty Sewell, who taught my children’s classes, is still a member.”

Lynn Patrick, who married her hus-band, Wayne, in the church 20 years ago, said she likes the support and closeness of church relationships.

“Sometimes you need a church fam-ily. When things get bad, it’s good to have,” she said, naming family deaths and illness as examples. “And those can happen so fast.”

Contact: Island Home Baptist Church, 2323 Island Home Avenue. Email info@islandhomebaptist.org or call 865-573-3212.

REUNION NOTES ■ Bearden High School Class of ’66 reunion is Oct. 14 at Hunter Val-

ley Farm. Info: Joe Bruner, 399-5951 or jobruner01@yahoo.com.

■ Central High School Class of 1964’s 70th birthday party, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Grande Event Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Cost: $30, includes full buff et. Info: David, CHS64grad@gmail.com.

■ The Knoxville Central High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, Saturday, Oct. 8, Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Gail Norris Kitts, gnkitts@yahoo.com.

■ Fulton High School Class of 1966 50th reunion, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Drive. Cost: $25. Reservations deadline: July 15. Reservations/payment: Fulton High School 1966 Reunion, c/o Doug Welch, 890 Hansmore Place, Knoxville TN 37919. Info: Dougwelch1948@yahoo.com.

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“I’d like to see a few people,” said Ms. Ap-pleton when class started a couple of days later. She called up our fi ve team members.

Hamilton laughed, as if we were an au-tomatic joke. “They going to be traded to the elementary school?” he called out. “For a player to be named later?” That made the class laugh, even Lucy Neblet.

The fi ve of us managed to get to the front desk.

“I think it’s wonderful the way you guys

won’t give up,” Ms. Appleton said to us. Since we did want to give up, we looked at her blankly.

“I knew you were bright and hardwork-ing, all of you,” she said. “I didn’t know you had so much courage.”

We hadn’t noticed either.“I mean it,” she said. “I’d like to come to

your next game and root for you. Would you mind?”

“It’s ugly,” warned Lifsom.“Scary,” agreed Hays.“Don’t worry,” she said brightly. “You’ll

win.”“Why does everyone keep saying that?”

I asked her.“Because you work so hard. When you

work hard like that, you win.” She said it with such a nice smile, I almost believed her.

“When’s your next game?”“Thursday. Pennington Prep.”“Do you mind if I come?”“I could think of better ways to kill an

afternoon,” said Saltz.

“And we’re already dead,” I said.

Ms. Appleton giggled. Then she said, “Mr. Till-man wants to see you all.” Mr. Tillman was the school counselor.

“Now?” asked Porter. “I have my special read-ing project to work on.”

“That can wait.”

“I don’t want it to wait,” cried Por-ter.

“He’s expecting you all,” said Ms. Apple-ton, fi rmly.

The fi ve of us went to Mr. Tillman’s of-fi ce. The rest of the team was already there.

Mr. Tillman’s offi ce was a fairly small place, meant for only one loser at a time, not a whole team of losers. Still, we man-aged to squeeze in.

Walls were covered with cute posters sell-ing joy and happiness. I thought it depress-ing, as if you weren’t allowed to be anything but happy. For instance, there was a picture of a kitten about to be dropped down into the Grand Canyon, with the slogan “Keep Laughing, Baby.” The cat wasn’t going to laugh for long, even if cats could laugh.

There was another picture, a kid with a big smile. The message read, “It Takes Less Muscle to Smile Than to Frown.” I had an image of a mad surgeon fi guring that out. Some fun.

Mr. Tillman was not my favorite. A great big, huge guy; someone told me he played football and tried to make it with the pros. He was always dressed the same: turtle-neck sweater with happy beads around his neck. Actually, I never trust anyone whose neck is wider than his brains. But I didn’t think Mr. Tillman would put that slogan up in his offi ce.

Anyway, he got us all in, then had us sit down on the fl oor and be uncomfortable. Really happy-like, he said, “How you guys doing!” For a small room, he talked large.

“Okay,” said Radosh.Mr. Tillman leaned forward. “Honest?”“If you want the truth, Mr. Tillman,” I

said, “we aren’t feeling so great.”“Excellent!” said Mr. Tillman, jangling

his beads. “Now we’re talking truth! And you feel bad about it. Think miserable. Have bad dreams. Sense of defeat. Disappoint-ment. Any bed-wetting? Kids tease you about the games? Probably some of your parents yell at you for being so rotten all the time. Any of you guys have girlfriends?”

Eliscue, who’d had girlfriends from nurs-ery school on up, raised his hand.

“She pokes fun at you; never want to be seen with you?”

For the fi rst time, I saw Eliscue ashamed that he even knew girls.

“I know,” continued Mr. Tillman, “you guys are starting to hate yourselves!”

“Mr. Tillman,” I said, “what can you ex-pect? All we get from people is, ‘Keep on trying. You can win.’ I mean, we keep dis-appointing them. I am beginning to hate

myself.”“I love you for

saying that, Ed,” cried Mr. Till-man. “The trick is, do you believe in yourselves?”

“Not a bit,” said Root.

“Why not? Someone want to share his feelings with me?”

“Because we stink,” said Dor-man. There was a general murmur and nodding of approval.

“Nope,” said Mr. Tillman, “I

won’t buy that. I won’t let you run your-selves down. I believe you can do it. Let me share something with you guys. To win, you must trust yourselves.”

“Don’t you have to be a little . . . good?” asked Barish.

Mr. Tillman shook his massive head. “Heart!” he cried, thumping that mass of body where I guess he kept his heart. His happy beads bounced and rattled.

“Mr. Tillman?” asked Porter.“Yes?”“I have this reading project. It’s really

important to me. May I go work on it now?”Mr. Tillman looked as if he had been in-

sulted, or his mother and father had, or his little sister (she couldn’t have been bigger) or maybe his whole family. “Boys,” he said, “the bottom line is this, ‘Don’t avoid your responsibilities.’”

That was a new one.“Learn to accept your responsibilities!”

he bellowed. “Learn that, and it will be worthwhile!”

There was some more. Just as loud. Mostly it added up to the same thing: we owed them.

“Wish they’d just let us lose in peace,” said Radosh when we got out.

“Oh, good grief,” I said.They looked where I was pointing. A big

piece of brown paper had been put on the wall. In crude letters was written:

Support a Team in Big Trouble!Special Seventh-Grade Soccer Team!S.O.R. vs. Pennington Prep1:30If we care, they will!We all had the same reaction. A quick

check to see who might be looking, and rip, down it came. Plus the seven others we found around the school.

When we got back to class, I asked Ms. Appleton about those posters.

“A class project,” she said sweetly. “We’re going all out to support you.”

“Why?” I said, feeling sick.“S.O.R. has no losers,” she said fi rmly.“Yeah,” I said, “I believed in Santa Claus

too, once.”(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be

reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER NINE: Words of wisdom from the school counselor“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

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Copeland retires from LMULincoln Memorial Uni-

versity president B. James D a w s o n took time during the spring com-mencement e x e r c i s e s to celebrate the career of Dr. John C op e l a nd , who is retir-

ing from the University after nearly 40 years of service.

Copeland, the longest tenured faculty member at LMU, served as macebearer during the commencement exercises. He joined the fac-ulty on Sept. 1, 1976, and is now professor emeritus of biology.

He has been engaged in discovery research and

conservation biology in the state of Tennessee and the adjoining regions of South-west Virginia and Southeast Kentucky. He has conducted work with mammals, am-phibians and native plants. Copeland capped his career with a grant to survey fresh-water sponges in Tennessee. In that study he discovered and named a new genus.

Copeland mentored many students, providing opportunities fo r students to join him in fi eld work and supervising their research projects throughout his career. Moreover, he coun-seled them as they entered the workforce or continued their education. He was awarded LMU’s Houston Award for teaching excel-lence in 2005.

Copeland

VBS NOTES ■ Mount Olive Baptist Church,

2500 Maryville Pike, 6-8:30 p.m. July 10-14. Ages: 3 years old through fi fth grade. Theme: “Submerged.” Info/registration: mobcknox.com.

■ Sevier Heights Baptist Church, 3232 Alcoa Highway, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. June 6-10. Ages: fi nished kindergarten

through fi fth grade. Theme: “Submerged.” Info/registra-tion: sevierheights.org.

■ Seymour First Baptist Church, 8:30 a.m.-noon June 6-10. Ages: 3 years old through eighth grade. Theme: “Sub-merged.” Family fun night, 7-9 p.m. June 10. Info/registration: seymourfbc.org.

SUMMER CAMPSAdditional listings and informa-

tion at ShopperNewsNow.com.

■ All American Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 6-9, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way; or 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thurs-day, June 13-16, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 6 and up. Info/registration: angelafl oydschools.com.

■ Archaeokids: Exploring Ancient Art & Archaeology, 1-4 p.m. July 11-15, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fi fth and sixth grad-ers). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Awesome Oceans, 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 9-13. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Awesome Oceans, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 25-29, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $105/ $95 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Boys basketball camp, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 27-30, 9 a.m.-noon Friday, July 1, Roane State

Community College– Roane County campus gym. For ages 8 through high school seniors. Cost: $115. Applica-tion: roanestate.edu/athletics. Info: 882-4583.

■ Camp Invention, Monday-Fri-day, June 6-10, at the following times and locations: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., A.L. Lotts Elemen-tary, 9320 Westland Drive; Sequoyah Elementary School, 942 Southgate Road; Shan-nondale Elementary School, 5316 Shannondale Road; Blue Grass Elementary School, 8901 Bluegrass Road; and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Farragut Intermediate School, 208 West End Ave. Cost: $230. Ages: rising fi rst through rising sixth graders. Info/registration: campinvention.org or 800-968-4332.

■ Camp Wallace Summer Day Camp, through Aug. 5, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Activities and fi eld trips for children who have completed kindergarten through sev-enth grade. Info/registration: Kristie Bell, 688-7270.

■ Camp Webb Sports Camps, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 9800 Webb School Lane. Camps include: lacrosse, basketball, football, tennis, soccer, cheer, gymnas-tics and more. Info/schedule/registration: campwebb.com or 291-3840.

■ Camp Wesley Woods sum-mer camp, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend. Programs

for boys and girls grades K-11. Info/registration: CampWes-leyWoods.com or 448-2246.

■ Cartoon Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 11-14, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee Center Way; or 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 18-21, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kingston Pike. Cost: $125. Ages: 2-5. Info/registra-tion: angelafl oydschools.com.

■ Christian Academy of Knoxville summer camps, 529 Academy Way. Variety of camps, both athletic and aca-demic, available throughout June and July. Info/schedule/registration: cakwarriors.com/community/summer-camps; athletics@cakmail.org.

■ Concord Park golf camps, Concord Park, 10909 S. North-shore Drive. Two-day camps for ages 6-8, 9-11 a.m., June 7-8, July 5-6, July 26-27; cost: $50. Three-day camps for ages 9-17, 9 a.m.-noon., June 14-16, June 21-23, June 28-30, July 12-14, July 19-21, Aug. 2-4; cost: $100. Info/registration: 966-9103.

■ Cooking up Science, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman St. For ages 7-8. Cost: $85/ $75 members. Info/registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Dance classes available June 6-July 23, Dancers Studio, 4216 Sutherland Ave. Morning, after-noon, evening classes available.

Cost: one class unit, $225, (three hours each week); two class units: $420; three class units, $575; apprenticeship (unlimited classes), $650. Info/full schedule: dancersstudioknoxville.com or 584-9636.

■ Day camps, Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Milton Collins Day Camp for K-sixth graders; Teen Adventures Program for seventh-ninth graders; Counselor-in-Train-ing Program for 10th graders; Camp K’Ton Ton for ages 2-pre-K. Sessions available Monday-Friday through July 29. Info/registration: jewishknoxville.org or 690-6343.

■ Dig It! Fun with Fossils, 1-4 p.m. June 20-24, McClung Mu-seum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fi fth and sixth graders). Cost: $110; $99 members. Info/reg-istration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Dino Explorers, 9-11 a.m. June 7-9, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For ages 4-5. Cost: $35; $30 members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Explorer camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24 or July 18-22, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Cost: $245 members, $270 nonmembers; includes a full day off -site trip. Ages 9-14. Info/registration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

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Sara Barrett

Lovin’ the libraryKnox County libraries

have something for every-one – in addition to books.

McKenzie, Katie and Colin Dodson read

books they checked out at the Bearden

library during a visit with their grand-

mother, Ginger Milligan. Photos by S. Barrett

Dollywood Penguin Players members Schade Harris and Chad Steed perform “Old Bear and His

Cub” based on the book by Olivier Dunrea.

at Fulton High School. In 2009, he became a special education teacher and was named lead teacher in 2011.

Myers moved to West High School as an adminis-trative assistant in 2012, and has held his current position of assistant principal since 2013. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a mas-ter’s degree from the Univer-sity of Tennessee where he is also a doctoral candidate in educational leadership and policy studies.

Janice Cook has been appointed principal of

Paul Kelley Vo l u n t e e r A c a d e m y. She joined Knox Coun-ty Schools in 1997 as a district-wide in-ter vent ion consultant.

She is currently principal at the Knoxville Adaptive Edu-cation Center where she has

served since 2008.Cook holds a bachelor’s

degree in music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Scotland. She also holds a certifi cation in mu-sic and religious education from Morary House College of Education, also in Scot-land, and a master’s degree in administration and su-pervision from Lincoln Me-morial University.

Leanne Hawn is prin-cipal of the Career Magnet Academy. She joined Knox

Last week Dr. Jim Mc-Intyre appointed three new principals for area schools:

Jason Myers has been appointed principal of

K n o x v i l l e A d a p t i v e E d u c a -tion Center (KAEC). He joined Knox C o u n t y Schools in 2008 as a t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n t

Janice Cook

Jason Myers

Knox schools get new principals

Regular programs in-clude songwriting groups, computer workshops and even discussions about local history.

After the end of the school year, additional activities are offered for students in grade school through high school includ-

ing musical plays, robotics workshops, tie-dye T-shirt lessons and afternoon chess club meetings.

Ginger Milligan brought her grandchildren to the Bearden library last week to sign them up for the sum-mer reading program, and they enjoyed a performance

by Dollywood Penguin Play-ers while there.

“The library always has good events, and we also participate in summer read-ing,” says Milligan. “We

stopped in to sign up and get reading recommendations.”

The Summer Library Club for kids rewards them for reading (or being read to) over summer break.

Registration for the club ends July 15.

Programs for all library branches can be found at knoxlib.org

C o u n t y Schools in 2006 as a math teach-er at Fulton High. She was ap-pointed an a d m i n i s -trative as-sistant at

Fulton in 2011 and became assistant principal there in 2013.

Hawn holds a bachelor’s degree in math and a mas-ter’s in math education f rom UT. She holds an education-al specialist degree in in-

structional leadership from Tennessee Tech University and is a candidate for a doc-torate in education leader-ship from East Tennessee State University.

Leanne Hawn

BIZ NOTES ■ Joe Jarret has been named

“Author of the Year” and an article he wrote on zoning risk management was named “Ar-ticle of the Year” by the Public Risk Management Association, a national organization dedi-cated to public sector risk and safety management. Jarret is a former law director for Knox County. He currently teaches at UT while pursuing a doctor-ate in political science.

■ Jason Riddle has been named a partner of LBMC In-formation Security, a division of LBMC. He is an information systems security expert with broad technology expertise and experience with a variety

of industries including health-care, fi nancial services and retail. Riddle has over 15 years of experience in the informa-tion technology and security fi elds. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, Submarine Force.

■ TDS Telecom will host a tech-

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Joe Jarret Jason Riddle

business

THROUGH FRIDAY, JUNE 3Registration open for Knoxville Youth Athletics

summer track and fi eld program. Open to all girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 18. Practices: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through June 23. Track meets: Saturdays, June 4-25. Info/registration: knoxvilleyouthathletics.org/programs/summer-developmental-track-and-fi eld or 385-6237.

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16Online registration open for the Marine Mud

Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1Karns Volunteer Fire Department visit, 10:30

a.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Learn about fi re safety and sit in the big fi re truck. Info: 470-8663.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 3 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Movie Party: “Inside Out,” 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Storyteller: Georgi Schmitt, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 1-2AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Sequoyah

Hills Presbyterian Church, 3700 Keowee Ave. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2The Authors Guild of Tennessee meeting, 11:30

a.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Open to the public. Info: authorsguildoftn.org.

Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 3 p.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Beauford Delaney Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Beck Center Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/reservations: ddbubose@knoxart.org or 934-2036.

“Best Hiking Equipment” program with Cindy Spangler, 6:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Shakespeare for Kids, 11 a.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 588-8813.

Variety Thursday: featuring Jazzspirations, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3First Friday Comedy, 7-9 p.m., Saw Works

Brewing, 708 E. Depot Ave. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Jenn Snyder from Columbia, S.C.

Opening night for “The Word” exhibit, 5-9 p.m., Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N Broadway. Exhibit on display June 3-24. Info: Jessica Gregory, 556-8676, or BroadwayStudiosAndGallery.com.

Opening reception for Art Market Gallery’s June featured artists: Patricia Herzog and Diana Dee Sarkar, 5:30 p.m., Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St. Exhibit on display through June 26. Info: 525-5265; artmarketgallery.net; on Facebook.

Public reception for four new exhibits, 5-9 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Opening exhibits: “Knoxville Photo,” an exhibition featuring selected works from 33 artists throughout the region; Tennessee Watercolor Society exhibit; “A Mosaic Journey” by Judy Overholt Wheeler; and Kim Emert Gale and Janet Weaver: “Through Our Eyes.” Exhibits on display June 3-24. Info: 523-7543, or knoxalliance.com.

Shakespeare for Kids, 4 p.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 573-1772.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4The 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville Gala,

7 p.m., Holiday Inn-World’s Fair Site. Theme: “I Am My Brother’s Keeper.” Guest speaker: former UT player and current AAU basketball coach Bobby Cornell Maze. Gala dedicated to Zaevion Dobson. Tickets: $60. Info: president Eston Williams, Eston.Williams@100bmok.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road.

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The Rotary GuyTom King, tking535@gmail.com

The parallels are eerie. Heather McFall and Cara Vaughn start-ed college wanting to be attorneys, but both decided on teaching. Both place loving re-lationships with their students fi rst and fore-most. And on the same day, both were honored by the Rotary Club of Knoxville as its 2016 Teachers of the Year.

Heather is a kindergarten teacher at West Haven Elementary School. Cara teaches biology and chem-istry (including honors classes in both) at Bearden High School. Heather has been in the classroom for 15 years, Cara for nine years.

Here’s another parallel: Each received a $500 check from Knoxville Rotary and a $250 gift certifi cate from A&W Offi ce Supply at the club’s May 24 meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

“Our reward is our students’ success,” Heather said in her acceptance speech. “You have to be called to teaching and I can’t imagine doing anything else. Teaching for me is all about bringing love and compas-sion to the kids, every day.”

Cara’s grandmother was a kindergarten teacher for 27 years who taught her to let her students know they are loved. “I come into every class every day to give them love. They need love and they need to be chal-lenged,” she said. “It’s about relationships and that’s why I teach.”

■ Off to South AfricaFive members of Webb School’s Interact Club and

Club Adviser Liz Gregor and Rotarian Rob Johnson of the Rotary Club of Knoxville left yesterday (May 31) for Cape Town, South Africa.

“This will be the third Webb Interact trip to South Africa. We will partner with the Rotary Club of Stan-ford (one hour outside of Cape Town) and will volun-teer in schools, an orphanage, soup kitchens, a swap shop and a baby stork project,” Gregor said.

The students will visit Robben Island, where Nel-son Mandela was held prisoner for 27 years. Knoxville Rotary sponsors the Webb Interact Club.

Knox Rotary honors teachers

McFall Vaughn

Bonnie Peters

In 1965, Keith Miller authored a book called, “A Taste of New Wine,” which I purchased in hardback for $3.50. I read it and was so impressed by his wisdom I loaned the book to many of my friends. The dust cover is dirty and worn.

The Vineyard at Seven Springs Farm. 3-D photo by Alicia Muncey

65, KKeii hth Miller a book called “A

By 1968, the book was in its 12th printing. It was endorsed by many well-known people of faith. Billy Graham’s comments were, “Keith Miller has written a wonderful book. In it he tells of the exhilarating and wonderful experiences of knowing Christ in depth.”

In a surprisingly short period of time, there is now new wine among us. When the perils of tobacco use was fi nally accepted by most, we feared the economic loss by the farmers then grow-ing tobacco. I grew up on a farm, and it was a priority to get the tobacco handed off and to market in time to get those new shoes or whatev-er for Christmas.

I’ve carefully observed the transformation of the hillside along the Jack Woods Hollow in Union County where a legal dis-tillery once operated. Much research and expertise has gone into the building and operation of The Winery at

Seven Springs Farm. I’m impressed with those shiny new stainless steel contain-ers and the education and skill of its winemaker, Nicky Riddle. The parents, James “Rick” and Donna Riddle, are striving to see that the winery and farm are suc-cessful. Rick is a veterinar-ian and has an agricultural and military background. It is said that “we play with the hand we are dealt.”

It looks like East Tennes-see and Union County in particular may have been dealt a better hand than we had thought. The market will choose the wines people drink – will it be Napa Val-ley of California or wines from the Great Valley Wine Trail of East Tennessee? The

economic gain to our region and to our county will no doubt enrich the lives of our people. It may just put Union County on the “Big Map.”

You will remember that before food processing and canning came along, there was no preserved grape juice, even for reli-gious sacraments. In Jesus’ time wine was the accepted symbolic observance of the Lord’s Supper – “For this is my blood of the new cove-nant which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (King James Bible)

The blood of Christ is sig-nifi ed and represented by the wine. There are many interesting scriptures about wine, and 1 Timothy 5:23 is sometimes invoked by our

modern doctors when pa-tients are having diffi culties – “No longer drink only wa-ter, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake. …”

“There are now more than 25 wineries in East Tennes-see, and fi ve of those are on the Great Valley Wine Trail founded by the Riddles. These wineries are gain-ing momentum. When you are checking out the wines made at Seven Springs Farm, be sure to check out the art work on the labels by local artist Betty Hamilton Bullen. Then, too, when you are looking for a good read, I recommend “A Taste of New Wine” by Keith Miller and “Wine for a Breaking Heart,” poems by Hafi z, a lyric poet of Persia.

Fifty-five individuals have been named seasonal interpretive rec-reators for summer at state parks. They will provide guided tours, hikes, slide shows, demonstrations, campfires and other activities for camp visitors.

Locally, the SIRs are: ■ Seven Islands State Birding

Park – Mark Armstrong ■ Norris Dam State Park – Josh

Powell and Brittany Perryman ■ Big Ridge State Park – Jordan

Cross

Most of the summer staff are col-lege students studying natural re-source, recreation, history, or biology-related fi elds.

Tennessee State Parks offers a one-week intense training in interpretive techniques.

Based upon Freeman Tilden’s Prin-ciples of Interpretation, participants learn to develop thematic programs on the primary and secondary park themes.

SIRs also work closely with the park rangers to assure that park facilities,

buildings, grounds and equipment are safe and secure. As most full-time state park rangers start out as SIRs, this program provides a great starting point for a state parks career.

Tennessee’s 56 state parks of-fer diverse natural, recreational and cultural experiences for individuals, families or business and professional groups.

State park features range from pris-tine natural areas to 18-hole cham-p ionship golf courses. Info: tnstate parks.com

State parks add summer SIRs

nology seminar at 9 a.m. and noon Wednesday, June 15, at 10025 Investment Drive in West Knoxville. The seminar will be led by a certifi ed VoIP specialist and is designed for small to medium size business customers interested in com-bining voice and data services on one platform. RSVP to 865-288-6266 or tdsvoip.com/KnoxvilleDemo

■ Mayor Madeline Rogero will host a business breakfast 7:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Avenue. The free breakfast is designed for business owners interested in bidding on city contracts. Boyce H. Evans, the city’s purchasing director, said Knoxville enters into $55 million in contracts annually.

“We want to help match local businesses with the right project for their products and services.” Register at knoxvil-letn.gov/businessbreakfast

■ Susan G. Komen Knoxville has granted $347,988 to eight programs to provide thousands of women and men with no-cost breast health screening, treatment support, and education pro-

grams throughout the next year. In 2015, these programs provided more than 4,500 women and men with access to breast cancer screenings, diagnostic services and fi nancial assistance while in treatment. As a result, 45 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer. Early detection is the key to reducing breast cancer mortality.

SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • JUNE 1, 2016 • 11

News from Provision CARES Foundation

Local patient benefi ts from Provision CARES Foundation

Until a couple of years ago, Donna Lindsey was always the one taking care of others. Her husband, who has suffered numerous heart

attacks. Her mother, who recently suffered from a stroke.

Then she got the diagnosis: breast cancer. And just eight months after undergoing a lumpectomy, it came back with a vengeance — invading both breasts plus her lymph nodes.

“I was never sick before this,” she says.Life was complicated in other ways too. She was

going through a divorce, she did not have reliable housing, and Lindsey was her mother’s only caregiver — all as she faced additional surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment for what was now a stage 4 disease.

After failing to get any call-backs about follow-up testing from her current healthcare providers, she connected with Provision through a friend whose niece, Samantha Kirk, works as care coordinator at the proton therapy center. Kirk called Lindsey, helped her sort out the issues and set her up to meet with specialists at the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, Tennessee Cancer Specialists and the proton center as quickly as possible.

“Every day, for weeks, somebody called me from that facility,” Lindsey says. “Do you know how impressive that is? And the kindness. They were so sincere. I wasn’t even a patient there yet.”

She ultimately became a Provision patient,

receiving chemotherapy and proton therapy at the Dowell Springs campus.

Through the process, the proton center staff learned of Lindsey’s living situation — she was camped out in a 24-foot motorhome without running water. She learned about the Caring Plate, a service of the Provision CARES Foundation, through Kirk. In partnership with the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee, the foundation provides daily, healthy meals for cancer patients and their families living in the Knoxville area. Lindsey dismissed the suggestion.

“I said, ‘I don’t want to take it away from somebody else,’” she says. “They were already helping me so much.”

Eventually, she says, one of her nurses signed Lindsey up without her knowledge. As it turned out, The Caring Plate helped see her through some very dark days.

“Sometimes I was just too sick, lying in my camper, I couldn’t even unlatch the door to say thank you,” she says. “If I wasn’t able to fi ll out the

menu, they would call to take my order over the phone. A couple of days I couldn’t get the frozen packs out into the cooler. They would call and say, ‘We wanted to make sure you’re OK.’”

One day, after learning of her waterless plight, a Caring Plate volunteer brought several cases of water. Another day, Lindsey came home from an appointment to fi nd a bouquet of fl owers on her cooler, courtesy of Random Acts of Flowers, which also partners with the Provision CARES Foundation.

“They were a lifesaver — I wouldn’t have had meals if it wasn’t for them,” she says. “They saw what I needed more than I did. I’ve never been treated like this in any facility I’ve ever been to.”

“Donna is the exact type of person the Caring Plate program was designed to help,” says Les Fout, director of Provision CARES Foundation. “A cancer diagnosis

affects every aspect of a patient’s life. We are here to help make that journey a little easier.”

For more information on The Caring Plate, visit ProvisionCares.org/TheCaringPlate

2nd annual golf tourney supports cancer patients, builds awarenessThe Bill Williamson Memorial Golf

Tournament will kick off Father’s Day weekend in support of cancer patients and to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

The tournament will be held Friday, June 17, at Avalon Golf and Country Club, in honor of devoted father and avid golfer Bill Williamson, who died of prostate cancer on Father’s Day 2014. His sons, Jack and Tim Williamson, launched the tournament one year after his death.

Two four-person scrambles will start at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Breakfast, lunch, swag bags, complimentary range balls, drinks and snacks will be provided.

“Last year’s inaugural tournament was a big success, and we have even greater expectations this year,” said Jack Williamson. “It is wonderful to honor the memory my father’s life and his long fi ght against cancer in a way that also recognizes his greatest passion besides his family – golf.”

Last year’s event raised more than $22,000 for the Provision CARES Foundation, a not-for-profi t public

Breast cancer patient Donna Lindsey was a recipient of The Car-ing Plate, a healthy meal program designed specifi cally for patients undergoing cancer treatments. The program is off ered by the Provision CARES Foundation and the Knoxville-Knox County Com-munity Action Committee.

The Bill Williamson Memorial Golf Tournament is a family event honoring Bill Williamson who passed away from prostate cancer on Father’s Day 2014. The whole Williamson family pitches in to celebrate the life of their Dad, husband and grandfather. They are: Tim Williamson, Amy Williamson, Carolyn Williamson, Blaine Williamson and Jack Williamson.

Adrian Pearce, Jamie Stokes, Wes Cate, and Craig Jenkins teamed up to play in last year’s Bill Williamson Memorial Golf Tournament at Avalon Golf and Country Club. Spots are still available for the morning and afternoon fl ights at this year’s tournament Friday, June 17.

Prostate cancer: What you need to know

Signs and symptoms ■ Problems urinating ■ Blood in urine or semen ■ Erectile dysfunction ■ Pain in hips, back, chest or other areas ■ Weakness or numbness in legs or feet ■ Loss of bladder or bowel control

When to screen ■ If you experience any of the above symptoms

■ If you’re over 50 ■ If you’re 40 and have more than one relative younger than 65 with prostate cancer

■ If you’re 45 and at high risk — i.e. African American and/or an immediate relative under 65 has had prostate cancer

CARES FOUNDATION

foundation that serves and supports cancer patients in providing education and wellness, clinical and biomedical research and patient assistance. More than 50 teams and 204 individuals participated in the event. This year, the Williamsons have set a fundraising goal of $30,000.

Provision CARES facilitates The Caring Plate, which assures cancer

patients undergoing treatment have access to healthy, nutritious meals. More than 9,000 meals have been served through The Caring Plate since its inception in 2014. The Patient Financial Assistance program provides grants to cancer patients in East Tennessee who need assistance with housing, transportation, or other expenses during their treatment.

“We are so thankful to have the support of the Williamsons and that they have turned tragedy into a cause for good,” said Les Fout, director of Provision CARES Foundation.

Celebrity golfer Mark Packer of WVLT will play and emcee the event. NewsTalk 98.7’s Phil Williams will host a live remote and broadcast his morning show from the tournament. Prizes will be given throughout the day.

For information or to register, go to ProvisionCares.org or call 865- 321-4589.

For more information visit Provision CARES online at www.ProvisionCares.org or call 1-865-321-4589

The Caring Plate program provided meals during her cancer battle

Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Land Trust Day hosted by Foothills Land Conservancy (FLC) and Mast General Store, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., 402 S. Gay St. FLC staff on hand; 20 percent of store sales will go to FLC’s conservation programs.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sarah Rysewyk, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Ave. Free admission. Info: 525-2375 or blountmansion.org.

Statehood Day celebration, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., James White’s Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave. Includes John Sevier re-enactor, free admission; donations accepted. Info: 525-6514 or jameswhitefort.org.

Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Includes living historians and free admission; donations accepted. Info: 522-8661 or mabryhazen.com.

Statehood Day celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Historic Westwood, 425 Kingston Pike. Free tours. Info: 523-8008 or historicwestwood.org.

Teen Summer Reading Kick-off Party, 2-4 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 4-5Arts & Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday

and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Lenoir City Park beside Fort Loudoun Lake. Hosted by GFWC Suburbia Woman’s Club of Lenoir City. Crafters and food vendors are welcome. Info/vendor applications: lenoircityartsandcraftsfestival.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 6Free beginner class: Defense for Women,

7:30 p.m., CrossFit ex libro, 5438 Hilton Industrial Way. Initial class free. Info/registration: 454-8359 or exlibroselfdefense.com.

QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7Casual Comedy, 7-9pm, Casual Pint-Hardin Valley,

10677 Hardin Valley Road. Free stand-up comedy showcase featuring Pittsburgh comedians Alex Stypula and Tim Ross.

Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

5:30-7:45 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Preregistration required. Info/registration: 215-8700.

Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

“Jazz Tuesday,” 8-10 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Tuesday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Info: 470-8663.

Magician Michael Messing, 11 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch

Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.Quidditch Match!, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee

Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For preschool and school-age children. Info: 215-8750.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 8-9AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Fort

Sanders’ Senior Center of Sevier County, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville. Info/registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887.

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